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Twenty Twenty Four: Year-end review & reflections

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Bailey’s Book Awards: Favorite Reads from 2024

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Twenty Twenty Three: Year-end review & reflections

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Bailey’s Book Awards: Favorite Reads from 2023

This is the week that various outlets publish lists of the "best books of the year," the "books most likely to shape life, thought, and culture.” I always feel for the authors whose books didn't even make the shortlist, as well for those who have…
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Justin BaileyDecember 8, 2023
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In gratitude for Tim Keller (1950-2023)

Tim Keller passed away on Friday, May 19, 2023. I cried when I learned about it. This is my tribute, in gratitude for his ministry. I first heard about Tim Keller about 20 years ago, during my first year in seminary. To contextualize the connection,…
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Justin BaileyMay 20, 2023
Twenty Twenty Two: Year-end review & reflections Confessional

Twenty Twenty Two: Year-end review & reflections

And just like that we come to the end of another calendar year. Here are some snapshots, highlights, and reflections from the year of teaching, scholarship, ministry, and family life. Teaching at Dordt I taught five courses this year: Biblical Foundations, Aesthetics, Ethics, Leadership &…
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Justin BaileyDecember 16, 2022
Bailey’s Book Awards: Favorite Reads from 2022 BooksLists

Bailey’s Book Awards: Favorite Reads from 2022

This is the week where people and places publish their list of the best books, "the books most likely to shape life, thought, and culture," as one list puts it. Despite having no reasonable expectation to be considered, it still bothers me way more than…
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Justin BaileyDecember 14, 2022
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Summer Report: Where I’ve been…

A baseball game (White Sox vs Twins) with my friend Matt - great seats! One of the very best things about working in higher education is getting to follow the rhythms of the academic calendar. In between the spring and fall semester is this three…
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Justin BaileyAugust 12, 2022
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Twenty Twenty One: Year-end reflections

I've decided to try to take the last two weeks of the year off from my to do lists – and hopefully away from the Internet as much as possible – so I'm writing my year end reflections a bit early. Here are some snapshots,…
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Justin BaileyDecember 17, 2021
The 30 Coolest Places I’ve Been (3): Other ListsThirty

The 30 Coolest Places I’ve Been (3): Other

The places on this section of the list are not exotic.  They are rather ordinary places where I have experienced extraordinary things.  Here's the final ten spots of my top 30 list: 21. Olathe, KS, 1987-1999 - This is the town I spent most of my…
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Justin BaileyApril 19, 2011
The 30 Coolest Places I’ve Been (2): Domestic ListsThirty

The 30 Coolest Places I’ve Been (2): Domestic

In my thirty years, I've been to something like 33 of the 50 states.  I need to hit the Northeast, Alaska and Hawaii to make 50 states by age 50.  But these are my favorite places so far. 11. Chicago, 1999-2005 - This is the magical…
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Justin BaileyApril 18, 2011
The 30 Coolest Places I’ve Been (1): Foreign ListsThirty

The 30 Coolest Places I’ve Been (1): Foreign

I almost hesitated to do this one, because it felt like showing off: “look where I’ve been”.  But I decided to post it anyway, because exploring and serving the world that God has made is a priority  for me.  I post these places reflectively: thankful…
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Justin BaileyApril 16, 2011
The 30 Most Important Truths I’ve Learned/Experienced (3): Life ListsThirty

The 30 Most Important Truths I’ve Learned/Experienced (3): Life

20. Life is about relationships, and loving well is the goal. 21. Love in action is very different than love in dreams. Love is commitment, self-giving and sacrifice, not “warm fuzzes”. 22. Real life is found not in taking but in giving it away.  The…
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Justin BaileyApril 15, 2011
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